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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. – James Madison

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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. – James Madison

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. – James Madison

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison

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